Study the fundamentals of modern clown with the artists that make the Elysian “clowning’s North American nerve center.” Use your body, hone your presence onstage, connect vividly with your audience, and create performances that are radically playful, vulnerable, strange, mischievous, gloriously dumb and beautiful.
Clown Fundamentals is a 4 week survey of classical clowning techniques taught through a modern and practical lens.
This class is for people of all performance levels and backgrounds and will explore the foundational principles of presence, rapport, and playfulness. We will work on honing your specific on stage presence and how to connect vividly with your audience.
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Sundays, April 26th-May 17th
6pm-10pm
in the Skunk Room
About the Instructor:
Camirin Farmer is a nonbinary, queer, black performer & astrologer based in Los Angeles, CA.
After beginning their comedic career in Baltimore, MD which included performing stand up at ARTSCAPE, America’s largest free art festival, they returned to their hometown of Los Angeles where they have now been for the last 9 years. Over that time they have explored various avenues of comedy: improv and sketch at Second City Hollywood that began with joining the cast of the main stage production Some F*cking Advice, and concluding with being a member of the house sketch team Hot Flan; various stand up shows, including Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen, Helltrap Nightmare, the Funny or Die showcase, and many self produced shows at The Elysian Theater & Public Displays of Altadena; and multiple clown performances, specifically their hour long solo shows titled Fart Piss Puke, God Vessel, and How Can I Keep From Singing?.
In 2020 Camirin began to fuse their appreciation for astrology, and comedic practice with their astrology based advice show Your Virgo Friend, Camirin on the streaming website Eternal Family. While producing, and hosting the show, Camirin’s study of astrology, although self explored, became deeper. In 2023 Camirin began a more serious study of astrology under the tutelage of Sisterbride, née Blair Bogin, and also joined the clown astrology group Planets Planets Planets directed by Blair Bogin. They have been interviewed on the astrology podcast TALKTALKTALK by Vivi Henriette, and participated on a panel about The Astrology of Los Angeles and the Entertainment Industry during the first Annual Los Angeles Astrology Festival.
They are currently an adjunct professor in the Comedy Department of the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
Core to all of their comedy is the desire to explore, and articulate their experience as a marginalized person specifically through the lens of living with faith in a Higher Picture. Camirin believes that comedy can be a pure container for strong truths.
Class cancellation policy: No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.